This is an analysis of Primavera Mia by Sara Teasdale.

As kings, seeing their lives about to pass,
Take off the heavy ermine and the crown,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1110110101 1101010101 1101110111 1101010101 1111010001 0111110101 1001110101 0101110101 10111010001 1011110101 111111111 1101110011 1101111101 11111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14